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Anna Stephens letter to Thomas Rotch, Skidaway Island, Feb 5 1823

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B-183-1
Skidaway Island Feb 5 1823
I have just Received thy letter my Dear
Uncle, & the attempt to express to thee, how much
pleasure it afforded me would(I feel) be in
vain, the assurance it contained that I am still
remember'd by one whom I have always loved
from my childhood is a source of great gratifi
cation to me, I have often spoken, & oftener thoughts
of thee & Aunt since my Residence here, I had
heard of Aunt's illness last summer, & thot she
was much reduced in flesh; but I know nothing
of thy sickness, indeed as Joanna is my only
correspondent in my own family, I hear but
few particulars, I was last summer at New York
but say but few of my friends as the Fever had
distributed them in every direction. the alarm &
confusion were dreadfull & my visit, consequently
was very unsatisfactory, I found my Joanna very
much improv'd she often spoke of thee, & my
impression was that she had written to thee;
but perhaps her letter to thee, shared the same
fate as many of hers has to me, she gives them to
her grand father Hone to direct, & he puts them in his

B-183-1
Skidaway Island Feb 5 1823
I have just Received thy letter my Dear
Uncle, & the attempt to express to thee, how much
pleasure it afforded me would(I feel) be in
vain, the assurance it contained that I am still
remember'd by one whom I have always loved
from my childhood is a source of great gratifi
cation to me, I have often spoken, & oftener thoughts
of thee & Aunt since my Residence here, I had
heard of Aunt's illness last summer, & thot she
was much reduced in flesh; but I know nothing
of thy sickness, indeed as Joanna is my only
correspondent in my own family, I hear but
few particulars, I was last summer at New York
but say but few of my friends as the Fever had
distributed them in every direction. the alarm &
confusion were dreadfull & my visit, consequently
was very unsatisfactory, I found my Joanna very
much improv'd she often spoke of thee, & my
impression was that she had written to thee;
but perhaps her letter to thee, shared the same
fate as many of hers has to me, she gives them to
her grand father Hone to direct, & he puts them in his